Q Magazine’s 40th, Ariel Bender and the most unlistenable music ever made

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:11 - Stackwaddy Quiz: One Word Band names 06:27 - Gillian Anderson 16:05 - 40 years of Q Magazine 30:52 - Difficult records 43:00 - Any Other Business 47:35 - Birthday Guest Matthew Elliott ---- Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock & Roll going:   / wordinyourear   ---- In this week’s extension of The Longest Conversation In Pop History™️ you’ll be happy to find … … the front row audience driving Gillian Anderson mad and why we feel for her ... can you still buy anything for £1.10? … when did rock nostalgia begin? … what Andy Partridge paid “the Hermit of Mink Hollow” … the famous playwright who wrote a Beatles film script … Spirit of Eden, Trout Mask Replica, Bitches Brew? Unlistenable?! … whatever happened to the pop instrumental? … My Bloody Valentine and bands who were “a challenge” … Japanese noise pioneer Merzbow’s 53-hour marathon at Colchester Arts Centre … Bricknasty, Tooth, Clutter, Sleepazoid … real or invented new bands? … and memories of first hearing Sister Ray. Plus Widowmaker, Stan Ridgway, the long-suffering hero who’s heard every one of our podcasts and birthday guest Matthew Elliott.